Genesis 1:4
God saw the light, that it was good. He divided the light from the darkness.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
In Context
3God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Cross References
Genesis 1:10God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” He saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:18to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:31God saw everything that he had made. Behold, it was very good. This was evening and morning, the sixth day.
Ecclesiastes 11:7Truly the light is sweet, 2 and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun. 1
Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:4-6
The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. We have here a further account of the first day's work, in which observe, 1. That the first of all visible beings which God created was light; not that by it he himself might see to work (for the darkness and light are both… Read the whole commentary →